Coin container and dispenser



Sept. 15, 1931. M. ALLAND 1,823,227-

COIN CONTAINER AND DI SPENSER Filed Oct. 11, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet. l

Sept. 15, 1931. M. ALLAND 1,823,227

COIN CONTAINER AND DISPENSER Filed Oct. 11, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 VII/11711117,,

Patented Sept. 15 1931 oF IcE MAURICE ALLAND', OF ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY COIN CONTAINER AND DISPENSER Application filed October 11, 1928.

The object of the invention is to provide improvements in coin containing and dispensing apparatus, and especially in such devices,'whether cooperatively associated or independent of one another, and comprising a structure designed for use as a savings bank and a second structure designed to facilitate the making of change and the dispensing of coins, discs and tokens in general.

Another object is to provide in the savings bank structure the combination of a disc having a centrally disposed upstanding portion, surrounded by recesses of the respective sizes of given coins and the like which open radially outwardly and also upwardly, a transparent cap supportedjby said upstanding portion and extending into proximity with the periphery of said disc, said cap being provided with a receiving aperture, and adapted to be rotated to bring said'aperture into a predetermined position with' respect to each of said recesses, means to permit the insertion of a coin through but to resist the removal of a coin from said aperture, and a specially designed lock structure which permits only those holding a key of a given shape to open the bank. V A further object is to provide in the coin dispenser the combination of a disc having a centrally disposed depending portion, surrounded by recesses of the respective sizes of given coins and the like which open'normally downwardly, a transparent cap or closure supported by said'depending portion and extending into proximity with the periphery of said disc, means to secure said cap to said disc but to permit relative rotation therebetween, and yieldingly positioned means carried by said cap and extending into said re- 40 cesses selectively and normally operative to prevent the escape and loss of coins from a given recess through an outlet aperture, yet adapted to be manually actuated. to positively eject one or more coins from within such given recess through said aperture.

Still another object is to satisfactorily com bine two such typesof apparatus so that they then comprise a single device, each element of which is adapted to be operated independently of the other, butwith a locking means Serial No. 311,832.

common to both and efiective to operatively secure both of said caps to and upon oppo site sides of a centrally positioned disc, which is provided in its opposite faces withsets of coin holding recesses for the bank and dispenser respectively, while there is engraved or otherwise suitably indicated upon theouter surfaceof the device the denominations of the coins in the respective recesses of both the bank and dispenser.

I And a still further object is to provide the combination of a coin container having an open end normally spanned by a removable closure having a coin receiving recess and also having a peripheral flange provided with a discharge opening communicating with said recess, a reciprocatory member carried by said closure and provided with spaced extensions, and a springfor normally maintaining said member in its innermost position, when in said innermost position one of said projections being operative to obstruct said opening and prevent the escape of a coin therethrough, and while being manually shifted into its outermostposition against the tension of said spring, said projection being removed from the vicinity of said opening and the other of said projections being operative to engage and force a coin from said recess through and from said opening.

lVith these and other objects in mind, the present invention comprises further details of construction and operation which are fully brought out in the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view of a coin dispenser embodying the'present invention; Fig. 2 is a diametrical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a similar section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line l-4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a similar section on the line 55 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a fragmentary section showing the mechanism for predetermining the various positions of the relatively rotatable disc and cap elements for the dis charge of one or more coins from a given re-' cess; Fig. 7 is a top plan view of a coin dispenser per se made in accordance with a part of the invcntionof a combined coin dispenser and savings bank; Fig. 8 is a diametrical section on the line 88 of Fig. 7 when considering the device as a composite structure; Fig. 9 is a fragmentarysection on the line 9-9 of Fig. 7 Fig. is an elevation of the composite structure; Fig. 11 is a top plan view of a coin dispenser per se embodying a portion of the invention; Fig. 12 is .an elevation of the same; Fig. 13 is a bottom plan view of the same; Fig. 14 is a section on the line 14-14 of Fig. 11; and Fig. is a section on the line 1515 of Fig. 12. p

. Referring to Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, a body 1 in disc form is provided with a circumferentially extending groove 2 and in its normal under surface with upwardly extending recesses 3 of various sizes for the reception of coins, tokens, and the like of'various sizes, such for instance as one, five, ten, twenty-five and fifty cent pieces, when considering coinage of the United States, or in fact coins of any other denominations, such as are now employed by'foreign governments. Rotatably. mounted upon the normal under face of the body 1 is a cap 4, having a peripheral flange 5 which rotates in the corresponding groove 2, said cap being operatively supported by means of a bolt 6, having a head 7 and extending through an axial bore 8 in said body and being maintained in position by means of a nut 9 which may be positioned within a recess 10 in the normal upper surface of said body.

The cap 4 is provided with a series of circumferentially spaced recesses 11 into which is adapted to enter the enlarged head 12 of a pin 13 oscillatably mounted in a bore 14 in said disc 1. A portion of said pin extends through anenlarged bore 15 in said body and is surrounded by a spring 16 which, in cooperation with the head 12 and that portion of said body surrounding the smaller bore 14, serves to maintain said head in frictional engagement with the inner surface of the cap 4, so that it will enter any one of the recesses 11 in order tomaintain as long as necessary a discharge aperture 17 in said body in alignment with any given recess 3.

Said cap is also provided at one point with a radially extending slot 18 adjacent to which is a substantially U-shaped casing 19, having a bore 20 inwhich is slidably mounted a hollow piston 21, provided with upwardly extending spaced projections 22 and 23 and carrying an actuating pin 24 which extends laterally through a slot'in one side of the casing 19. The piston 21 is provided upon its normal lower side with a longitudinally extending slot 25 through which extends a pin 26, which extends through and is fixedly supported by the radially outer end of said casing. Within said hollow piston and normally bearing againstsaid pin is a cylindrical member 27 which receives one end of a spring 28, the other end of which bears against the radially inner closed end 29 of said casing and operates to normally maintain said piston in innermost position with the projection 22 elfectively obstructing the discharge opening 17 so as to prevent the accidental escape of a coin therethrough.

With this construction it will be noted that in order to obtain anygiven coin from within the device, all that is necessary is to rotate the transparent body 1 with respect to the cap 4until the recess of the proper monetary denominationis in proper alignment with the discharge opening 17 where it is maintained by the head ,12 of the pin 14 entering one of the recesses'll.

With the parts of theudevice in this position, the operating pin 24 may be moved outwardly as many times as desired and. in so doing, as the projection 22 moves freely beyond the discharge opening 17, the second projection 23, normally withdrawn within a slot 30 in the body 1, is moved outwardly and thereby engages the lowermost coin within the adjacent recess 3 and projects the same freely through said discharge opening. I It will be noted also that the normal under surface of the body 1 is provided with diagonally extending grooves 31 leading. from the lowermost portion of each of'the respective recesses 3 towards the periphery of said body. By this construction, the radial movement of the ejector projection 23 upon encountering a' coin presses the latter, to propel it diagonally outwardly and thus laterally free from the path of the piston 21 so that the coin drops directly bygravity into the palm of the operator or into any receptacle or container adapted to receive such coin.

Referring to Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 10, a coin dispenser of the type hereinbefore described is considered as comprising the lower portion. of the composite device except that the disc 1 is enlarged upwardly and provided with normally upwardly directed recesses 3, while a cap 4 spans said recesses and is provided with a circumferentially extending flange 5 which effectively closes all of said recesses 3 simultaneously, said recesses otherwise extending radially and opening through the periphery of the adjacent portion of said disc.

The flange 5 is provided with an intakeaperture 35 and is also provided with a bore 36 extending between said aperture and that surface of said flange which is adjacent to said disc. ed the oppositely directed hollow telescoping sections 37 and 38 of a capsule-like structure within which is positioned an expansion spring 39 which operates to yieldingly position the capsule section 38 within any one of a series of positioning recesses 11 and the capsule section 37 extending across and effectively obstructing the intake. aperture 35.

With this construction, thecap P is rotated with respect to the discl until the in- Within said bore there are mounttake aperture 35 is in alignment with the proper recess 3 for permitting the insertion of a coin of a particular denomination through said apertureby depressing the capsule section 37. Immediately upon the passage of a coin through said aperture and into.

. vided with aligned axial bores 40, 41 and 42.

Through the bores 40 and 41 there extends an axially bored internally threaded stud or bolt 43,.while into an enlargement 44 of the bore 42 there extends the head 45 of a companion bolt having an externally threaded reduced portion 46 which extends into and in threaded engagement with the bore of the bolt 43. The exposed face of this second bolt 45 maybe of any desired structure and for example is illustrated as comprising a polygonally shaped recess, in which is centrally positioned a pin so that a key of this peculiar and correspondingshape must be employed in order to engage said last-named bolt and rotate it with respect to the bolt 48.

Referring to Figs. 11 to 14 inclusive, a coin dispenser is provided comprising essentially only a unitary part of the device illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive. This unit comprises a hollow coin container, having a substantially cylindricalwall 50 closed at its normal upper end 51 and opening downwardly, said I pends a cylindrical casing 54, in which oscillates a piston 55 normally positioned inwardlyby'means of a spring56 abutting outwardly against apin 59 carried by said casing and manually actuat-able by'means of a laterally extending pin 58, said piston being provided with upwardly extending projections 59 and 60; this piston being similar to that herein before described with respect to the larger coin dispensing device.

However, in this instance, the bottom wall 53 of the closure member 52, is provided with a recess 61 which receives coins successively by gravity from within the cylinder 50 and which recess opens at 62 through a discharge aperture 63 in the closure cylinder 52. In

this device, also, it will be seen that thecoin represented by the dot-and-dash lines 64 will be moved diagonally in alignment with the arrow A as the piston and its projections move in alignment with the arrow B, thereby permitting the coin to drop by gravity laterally to one side of said piston and into the palm of the operator or otherwise as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A coin dispensing device, comprising a member having a coin holding recess the outer portion of which opens radially through the circumference of said member, a cap removably inclosing said recess and having a discharge aperture communicating with said recess opening, and a yieldingly positioned reciprocatory member carried by said cap and provided with two projections, the axis of reciprocation of said last-named member being at an angle with the radial direction of the opening of said recess, which is diagonally directed with respect to a radius of said coin containing member passing through said rethe movement of said last-named member and the simultaneous removal of said first projection diagonally from and towards one side of said opening.

2. A coin dispensing device, comprising a 'cess, one of said projections normally obdisc having a set of coin holding recesses opening through a common side and the outer portion of each recess also openin diagonally of a radius through the periphery of said disc, a cap rotatably carried by said disc and having a discharge opening in its periphery adapted to register with any one of said recesses, a reciprocatory radially positioned member carried by said cap and provided with a pair of projections, and resilient means to maintain said member in one nature.

MAURICE ALLAND. 

